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Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has red ovoid shaped, cutout nostrils. Running from the brow is a large, protruding, central black frill that curves upwards and circles downwards to the top, tip of the beak; detailed with a wide red band with white curved incisions. Running from the bottom of the beak is a central black circular ridge that mirrors the one on top; detailed with red band and a black and white ovoid. The mouth is red, flat, wide and protruding. The bottom parts of the beak are hinged with rectangular pieces of rubber. The eyes are black, outlined in white and red on a white ovoid shaped ground; the brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of pieces of fibre cord with a piece of wood on the end; articulates the beak. Attached to the top is a wooden crest with red split u-forms on a white ground. The top and sides have small bundles of cedar tied with green twine. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.
Round, light brown basketry tray of simple coiled work with bifurcated stitches and watch-spring base construction. Slat sides and overcast, splint rim. Tray has coiled handles and is decorated with partial imbrication and beading. Two rows of discrete designs of v shapes in red/white/black separated by a line of red beading, three around the inner row and six around the outer row. One row of black beading near the centre. Stepped design in red beading on the outside edge.
Small carved wooden pole depicting figures from top to bottom: hawk, human, eagle, whale, wolf and killer whale. Painted black, green and red with Northwest Coast designs. Underside is slightly rounded.
Model baby carrier. A flat piece of wood that has a straight edge at one end and a fin-like protrusion at the other end. The long sides curve outward from end to end. There are two parallel rows of stitching down the centre.
Large, carved crooked beak mask. Beak is long with a high black frill running from the brow; projects upwards and curves downwards to the top, tip of the beak. The nose is ovoid shaped and painted red surrounded by a pink split u within a large red u-form. The beak is long and pointed, painted black with a red mouth and white detailing. The beak is hinged with pieces of leather nailed to either side. The eyes are black and white, outlined in black, on a white ovoid shaped background; brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow. The mask is painted black, red, and white with stylized designs.
A concave eight-sided wooden plaque or shield. Formed from three pieces of wood nailed together. Carved head of a bird with inset abalone eyes, and red and black painted highlights nailed to the top of the plaque. The main part of the shield is painted green, red, and black with the bird's body including the wings, tail, and claws, and a human face on the breast. The wings each have three feathers.
Bentwood box base (a) and woven basketry lid (b). The base has a design on two of the wider sides of a band of incised diagonal lines along the sides and top. There are two holes in each narrow side. The lid is made of strips of cedar bark in a warp and weft weave with a wide lip. The edges of the lid are upturned and stitched down with thin strips of cedar bark.
A slightly curved bow, which, in cross-section, has a flat surface on one side while the other side is convex. Has a design consisting of a central light blue paint band surrounded by a hand-grip of burgundy-coloured velvet coloured material with a wide blue paint band at either side, each of which has a thin red paint band to border it. Shellacked or varnished. A single notch in each end for a bowstring.
Thin wooden bow with painted lines and dots in and black, the ends are decorated in yellow. There is a twisted piece of string attached to one of the ends. The name 'Jerry Darby' is penciled on back.
Cedar wood board, rectangular in shape with three notches carved out of it. The notches create a square pattern so that the board appears to consist of four square.